Michael Bünker

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Bishop Michael Bünker (2016)

Michael Bünker (born April 26, 1954 in Leoben ) is an Austrian Evangelical Lutheran theologian . From January 2008 to the end of August 2019 he was Bishop of the Evangelical Church AB in Austria .

Life

After primary school in Radenthein and grammar school in Villach , Bünker studied Protestant theology at the University of Vienna . In 1981 he did his doctorate with Kurt Niederwimmer in the subject of the New Testament on the subject of "Letter form and rhetorical disposition in 1st Corinthians".

He was vicar in the Weinbergkirche in Vienna - Döbling , then owner of the second pastor's position in the Evangelical parish church in Floridsdorf . In 1991 he was entrusted with the management of the Evangelical Religious Education Academy (ERPA). In 1999 he was elected to the Oberkirchenrat. Since 2003 he has been an honorary professor at the Evangelical Faculty of the University of Vienna . In 2006 he was appointed General Secretary of the Community of Evangelical Churches in Europe (CPCE). In 2007 Bünker was elected to succeed Herwig Sturm as Bishop of Austria, whose office he took over on January 1, 2008. The official inauguration took place on January 27, 2008. Until his election as bishop, he appeared together with Karl Weinberger and Sissy Kocner as a member of the Floridsdorfer Kirchengfraster , a church cabaret group, with several programs throughout Austria.

Bünker initiated the Weg des Buch pilgrimage route , which was opened in 2008 . He is also an avid hobby drummer who plays for the rock band Kreuzweh .

Since October 2011 he has been the patron of the development policy campaign Bread for the World Austria .

On May 4, 2019, Michael Chalupka was elected as his successor as Bishop of the Evangelical Church AB in Austria from September 2019.

Awards

Fonts (selection)

  • Letter form and rhetorical disposition in 1st Corinthians . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1984 (also dissertation, University of Vienna 1981).
  • On the future of Protestant religious education in Austria . In: M. Bünker, Th. Krobath (Hrsg.): Church - capable of learning in the future? FS Johannes Dantine . Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck 1998, pp. 330-353.
  • God and the computer. “Godgames” as suggestions for religious instruction? In: Ulrich HJ Körtner , Robert Schelander (ed.): GottesVorstellungen. The question of God in religious educational processes. FS Gottfried Adam (school subject religion special issue). Vienna 1999, pp. 93-104.
  • Church and cabaret . In: M. Halmer, B. Heyse-Schaefer, B. Rauchwarter (eds.): Claim and contradiction. FS Evi Krobath. Hermagoras / Mohorjeva, Klagenfurt / Ljubljana / Vienna 1999, pp. 133–142.
  • The Papal Office and the Ecumenical Movement - Developments and Perspectives in Ecumenical Dialogues . In: Walter Fleischmann-Bisten (Ed.): Papstamt - pro and contra (Bensheimer Hefte 97). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, pp. 65–83.
  • Reflections on the relationship between politics and the church from a Protestant perspective . In: Severin J. Lederhilger (ed.): God's state or state without God. Political theology in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. 4. Ecumenical Summer Academy Kremsmünster . Frankfurt am Main u. a. 2002.
  • (with Thomas Krobath and Monika Salzer :) “Openly Evangelical” - The Evangelical Church in Austria finds its way to organizational development . In: A. Heller, Th. Krobat (ed.): Organizational Ethics . Organizational development in churches, Caritas and diakonia (Palliative Care and Organizational Ethics 7), Heidelberg 2002, pp. 47–77.
  • Religion and Violence - A Look at the Dark Side . In: Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (Ed.): Rogue State and State Terrorism. The contours of a military globalization . Agenda Verlag, Münster 2004.
  • In the swell of words - spirituality and language . Vienna 2005.
  • Religion and Politics in Austria, the Protestant Churches as Examples . In: Günter Bischof u. a. (Ed.): Religion in Austria - Religion in Austria . Studien-Verl., Innsbruck 2005, pp. 139–150.
  • Simplicity, support and meaning. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Adalbert Stifter . In: Learning to believe in a mature world. Linz Bonhoeffer Symposium 2006 . Vienna 2006.
  • Learn similarities and differences. To the project of denominational-cooperative religious education in Austria . In: Heribert Bastel, Martin Jäggle, Helene Miklas (eds.): Discovering what is common - recognizing what is different: Project of a denominational-cooperative religious education . Vienna 2006 (with Christine Mann).
  • "Himml and Ern in an Liad dafrågn" (Gerhard Glawischnig) . Vienna 2007.
  • With a wide heart: Belief thought criss-cross . Vienna 2008.
  • Church - people - state - nation. A position assessment from a Christian point of view . In: Peter Karpf, Werner Platzer, Udo Puschnig (ed.): Ethnic groups and religion - identity and confession. Klagenfurt 2008.
  • Religious longing and what the churches have to offer. A positioning from an Evangelical Lutheran point of view . In: Severin J. Lederhilger (Ed.): The brand “God” between insignificance and purpose in life. 9th Ecumenical Summer Academy Kremsmünster 2007 . Frankfurt am Main u. a. 2008.
  • Being on the move on the path of the book . Vienna 2009.
  • Being on the Alm is good . Klagenfurt 2009.
  • Reconciled diversity: feeling the diversity of Europe as a unity . In: The End of Certainties: Talking About Europe . Munich 2009, pp. 79–91.
  • The truth is always concrete. Ecumenical sermon word . Frankfurt am Main et al. 2009.
  • The stench of death and the scent of resurrection: 10 visions for Easter Vigil . Styria, Vienna a. a. 2009 (with Peter Karner ).
  • Bischofsbrot & Mozartkugel: of earthly sweets and heavenly truths. 20 spiritual considerations . Styria, Vienna a. a. 2010.
  • Restlessness of Faith: Evangelical Contributions to Church and Society . EPV, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-85073-094-5 .
  • Faith in the rhythm of hope. Edited by Mario Fischer , Charlotte Matthias, Karl Schiefermair and Karl W. Schwarz . Tyrolia, Innsbruck 2019, ISBN 978-3-7022-3793-6 .
As editor
  • Resist. The Church in Political Tension, Barmen 1934–1984. A conference report . Vienna 1985 (with Johannes Dantine ).
  • (with Thomas Krobath :) Church - capable of learning in the future? FS Johannes Dantine . Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck 1998.
  • Wilhelm Dantine : Protestant Adventure. Contributions to determining the position of the Protestant Church in the diaspora of Europe . Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck / Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001.
  • with Martin Friedrich : evangelize evangelically . Vienna 2007.
  • with his brother Bernhard C. Bünker from the estate of their father, Pastor Otto Bünker: They were shepherds. Eleven stories from Asmodi's protocols. Provincial Library Publishing House, Weitra 2005.

Web links

Commons : Michael Bünker  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Evangelical Bishop Chalupka takes office. In: ORF.at . September 1, 2019, accessed September 1, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Evangelical bishop election: The new bishop is called Michael Chalupka . Article dated May 4, 2019, accessed May 4, 2019.
  3. ^ High state distinction for Bishop Michael Bünker . APA notification dated April 25, 2014, accessed May 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ City Hall correspondence of April 30, 2015
  5. ^ Salzburg: Catholic honorary doctorate for Bishop Bünker on Kathpress from June 1, 2017, accessed on June 6, 2017
predecessor Office successor
Herwig Sturm Bishop of the Evangelical Church AB in Austria
2008–2019 		Michael Chalupka
personal data
SURNAME Bünker, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Bishop of the Evangelical Church AB
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Leoben